The Ford County Times
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The Ford County Times is a small-town Mississippi newspaper featured in John Grisham’s novel "The Last Juror," central to the story’s depiction of local life, politics, and crime.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Ford County Times canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10401638 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Ford County Times Context triple: [The Last Juror, hasSettingOrganization, The Ford County Times]
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A.
Pulaski County
Pulaski County is a rural county in central Georgia known for its agricultural landscape and the city of Hawkinsville as its county seat.
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B.
Pulaski County
Pulaski County is a county in central Arkansas that includes the state capital, Little Rock, and serves as a major governmental, economic, and cultural hub of the region.
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C.
Woodward County
Woodward County is a largely rural county in northwestern Oklahoma known for its agricultural economy and role as a regional trade and service center.
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D.
Łask County
Łask County is an administrative district in central Poland, situated within the Łódź region and centered around the town of Łask.
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E.
Garvin County
Garvin County is a county in south-central Oklahoma known for its agricultural economy, small towns, and location within the state's oil and gas region.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Ford County Times Target entity description: The Ford County Times is a small-town Mississippi newspaper featured in John Grisham’s novel "The Last Juror," central to the story’s depiction of local life, politics, and crime.
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A.
Pulaski County
Pulaski County is a rural county in central Georgia known for its agricultural landscape and the city of Hawkinsville as its county seat.
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B.
Pulaski County
Pulaski County is a county in central Arkansas that includes the state capital, Little Rock, and serves as a major governmental, economic, and cultural hub of the region.
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C.
Woodward County
Woodward County is a largely rural county in northwestern Oklahoma known for its agricultural economy and role as a regional trade and service center.
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D.
Łask County
Łask County is an administrative district in central Poland, situated within the Łódź region and centered around the town of Łask.
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E.
Garvin County
Garvin County is a county in south-central Oklahoma known for its agricultural economy, small towns, and location within the state's oil and gas region.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional newspaper
ⓘ
fictional organization ⓘ |
| appearsInWork |
The Last Juror
ⓘ
novel The Last Juror ⓘ
linked to:
The Last Juror
|
| associatedWithAuthor | John Grisham ⓘ |
| countryInFiction |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| creator | John Grisham ⓘ |
| firstPublicationInFiction |
The Last Juror (2004)
ⓘ
linked to:
The Last Juror
|
| genre | local newspaper ⓘ |
| hasFictionalAudience | residents of Ford County ⓘ |
| hasFictionalFunction |
influences public opinion in Ford County
ⓘ
reports trials and legal proceedings ⓘ |
| hasFictionalScope | small-town community coverage ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| locatedInFictionalPlace |
Ford County
ⓘ
Mississippi ⓘ |
| medium | newspaper ⓘ |
| narrativeRole |
central setting element in The Last Juror
ⓘ
depicts small-town life in Ford County ⓘ vehicle for exploring local politics ⓘ vehicle for reporting crime in the story ⓘ |
| partOfFictionalUniverse |
Ford County stories by John Grisham
ⓘ
linked to:
Ford County (short story collection)
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| settingPeriodInFiction | 1970s ⓘ |
| usedAsPlotDevice | to connect characters and events in The Last Juror ⓘ |
| workTypeContext | legal thriller fiction ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Ford County Times Description of subject: The Ford County Times is a small-town Mississippi newspaper featured in John Grisham’s novel "The Last Juror," central to the story’s depiction of local life, politics, and crime.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.